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pain  (pn)

n.

1. An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder.

2. Suffering or distress.

3. pains The pangs of childbirth.

4. pains Great care or effort: take pains with one's work.

5. Informal A source of annoyance; a nuisance.

v. pained, pain·ing, pains

v.tr.

To cause pain to; hurt or injure.

v.intr.

To be the cause of pain.

Idiom:

on/under pain of

Subject to the penalty of (a specified punishment, such as death).

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[Middle English, from Old French peine, from Latin poena, penalty, pain, from Greek poin, penalty; see k^wei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: pain, ache, pang, smart, stitch, throe, twinge
These nouns denote a sensation of severe physical discomfort: abdominal pain; aches in my leg; the pangs of a cramped muscle; aspirin that alleviated the smart; a stitch in my side; the throes of dying; a twinge of arthritis.

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pain

Noun

1. physical hurt or discomfort caused by injury or illness

2. emotional suffering

3. on pain of subject to the penalty of: orders which their soldiers were bound to follow on pain of death

4. Also called: (pain in the neck) Informal a person or thing that is annoying or irritating

Verb

1. to cause (a person) physical or mental suffering

2. Informal to annoy; irritate

See also pains [Latin poena punishment]

painless adj

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Pain

See also disease and illness; injury; remedies.

algogenic

producing pain.

algolagnia

a deriving of sexual pleasure from inflicting or enduring pain. Cf. masochism, sadism. — algolagnist, n. — algolagnic, adj.

algometry

measurement of pain by means of an algometer, an instrument for determining sensitivity to pain produced by pressure. — algometric, algometrical, adj.

algophilia

a love of pain.

algophobia

an extreme fear of pain. Cf. odynophobia.

audialgesia

otalgia.

brachialgia

pain in the nerves of the upper arm.

cardialgia, cardialgy

a burning or other painful feeling in the stomach or esophagus; heartburn.

cephalalgia

Medicine.1. a pain in the head.
2. a headache. Also called cephalgia, cephalodynia.

coxalgia, coxalgy

pain in the hip joint.

dermatalgia

neuralgia of the skin.

dolorifuge

anything that drives away pain.

gastralgia

pain in the stomach or abdominal region.

hemicrania

1. Medicine. a pain or aching on one side of the head.
2. migraine.

hypalgesia

hypalgia.

hypalgia

a decreased sensibility to pain. Also hypalgesia.

hyperalgesia

an unusually high sensitivity to pain. — hyperalgesic, adj.

hysterodynia

pain in the uterus.

masochism

1. Psychiatry. a condition in which sexual gratification is achieved through suffering physical pain and humiliation, especially inflicted on oneself.
2. any gratification gained from pain or deprivation inflicted or imposed on oneself. Cf. sadism. — masochist, n. — masochistic, adj.

odontalgia

Medicine. a pain in a tooth. — odontalgic, adj.

odynophobia

an abnormal fear of pain.

otalgia

Medicine. an earache. — otalgic, adj.

photalgia

pain in the eyes caused by light.

proctalgia

pain in the rectum.

prosopalgia

neuralgia affecting the face.

psychalgia

mental or psychic pain.

rachialgia

pain affecting the spine. — rachialgic, adj.

sadism

1. Psychiatry. a sexual gratification gained through causing physical pain or humiliation.
2. any enjoyment in being cruel. Cf. masochism. — sadist, n. — sadistic, adj.

sadomasochism

Psychiatry. a condition of disturbed and destructive personality marked by the presence of both sadistic and masochistic traits. — sado-masochist, n. — sadomasochistic, adj.

stoicism

an indifference to pleasure or pain. — stoic, n., adj. — stoical, adj.

synalgia

pain in one part of the body resulting from hurt or injury in another part; referred pain.

uteralgia

pain in the womb or uterus.

zoosadism

sadism directed toward animals. — zoosadist, n. — zoosadistic, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" hurting symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease ache, aching - a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain excruciation, suffering, agony - a state of acute pain arthralgia - pain in a joint or joints burn, burning - pain that feels hot as if it were on fire causalgia - a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes colic, gripes, griping, intestinal colic - acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) chest pain - pain in the chest chiralgia - a pain in the hand that is not traumatic distress - extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress" dysmenorrhea - painful menstruation glossalgia, glossodynia - pain in the tongue growing pains - pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth haemorrhoid, hemorrhoid, piles - pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter keratalgia - pain in the cornea labor pain - pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor mastalgia - pain in the breast melagra - rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs meralgia - pain in the thigh metralgia - pain in the uterus myalgia, myodynia - pain in a muscle or group of muscles nephralgia - pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins) neuralgia, neuralgy - acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves odynophagia - severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus orchidalgia - pain in the testes pang - a sharp spasm of pain pang, sting - a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" photalgia, photophobia - pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) costalgia, pleuralgia, pleurodynia - pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs podalgia - foot pain proctalgia - pain in the rectum referred pain - pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected; "angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder"; "pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder disease" renal colic - sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter smart, smarting, smartness - a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore sting, stinging - a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" stitch - a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running soreness, tenderness, rawness - a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on" thermalgesia - pain caused by heat throb - a deep pulsating type of pain torment, torture - unbearable physical pain ulalgia - pain in the gums urodynia - pain during urination
	2.	pain - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness" painfulness feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" growing pains - emotional distress arising during adolescence unpleasantness - the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling mental anguish - sustained dull painful emotion hurt, suffering - feelings of mental or physical pain distress, hurt, suffering - psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" pleasure, pleasance - a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure"
	3.	pain - a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain" pain sensation, painful sensation somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia - the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes" mittelschmerz - pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle) phantom limb pain - pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb twinge - a sharp stab of pain
	4.	pain - a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain" pain in the neck, nuisance disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	5.	pain - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" pain in the ass, pain in the neck, bother, botheration, infliction, annoyance negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences nuisance - (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive irritant, thorn - something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh" plague - an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
Verb	1.	pain - cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed ail, trouble hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" recrudesce, break out, erupt - become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
	2.	pain - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" anguish, hurt discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure break someone's heart - cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody; "The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend" agonise, agonize - cause to agonize try - give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students" excruciate, torment, torture, rack - torment emotionally or mentally

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pain

noun 1. suffering, discomfort, trouble, hurt, irritation, tenderness, soreness

noun 2. ache, smarting, stinging, aching, cramp, cramp, throb, throbbing, spasm, pang, twinge, shooting pain

noun 3. sorrow, suffering, torture, distress, despair, grief, misery, agony, sadness, torment, hardship, bitterness, woe, anguish, heartache, affliction, tribulation, desolation, wretchedness

plural noun 4. trouble, labour, effort, industry, care, bother, diligence, special attention, assiduousness

verb 5. distress, worry, hurt, wound, torture, grieve, torment, afflict, sadden, disquiet, vex, agonize, cut to the quick, aggrieve

verb 6. hurt, chafe, cause pain to, cause discomfort to

Translations

pain [peɪn] n → dolor m;

to be in pain → sufrir;

on pain of death → so or bajo pena de muerte see also pains

pain [peɪn] n → douleur f;

(inf) (= nuisance); plaie f;

to be in pain → souffrir, avoir mal;

to have a pain in → avoir mal à or une douleur à or dans;

to take pains to do → se donner du mal pour faire;

on pain of death → sous peine de mort

pain [peɪn] n → Schmerz m;

(also: pain in the neck) (inf) (= nuisance); Plage f;

to have a pain in the chest/arm → Schmerzen in der Brust/im Arm haben;

to be in pain → Schmerzen haben;

to take pains to do sth (= make an effort) → sich dat Mühe geben, etw zu tun;

on pain of death → bei Todesstrafe;

he is/it is a right pain (in the neck) (inf) → er/das geht einem auf den Wecker

pain [peɪn] n → dolore m;

to be in pain → soffrire, aver male;

to have a pain in → aver male or un dolore a;

to take pains to do → mettercela tutta per fare;

on pain of death → sotto pena di morte

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pain

n pain [pein]

hurt or suffering of the body or mind a pain in the chest.pynألَمболкаbolestsmerte; lidelseder Schmerzπόνοςdolorvaluدرد؛ رنجkipu, tuskadouleurכְּאֵבदर्दbolfájdalomnyerisársaukidolore痛み아픔, 고통skausmas, kančiasāpes; smeldzekesakitanpijnsmerte, pinebóldordurereбольbolesťbolečinabolsmärta, värkความเจ็บปวดağrı, acı疼痛біль, стражданняدرد، تکليفđau疼痛

v

to cause suffering or upset to (someone) It pained her to admit that she was wrong.kwel, pynigيُؤْلِمпричинявам болкаtrápitirritereschmerzenπροξενώ πόνοdoler; apenarvalu tegemaآزار دادنpiinatafaire souffrir, peinerלְהַכאִיבदर्द होनाpatnja,mukafájdalmat okozmenyakitkankvelja, valda sársaukafar soffrire痛む아픔[]을 주다; 슬프게 하다skaudinti, skaudėtisāpināt; sāpētmenyeksakanpijn doengjøre vondt, smertebolećdoera durea, a îndureraпричинять боль, огорчатьtrápiťprizadetiboletismärta, plåga, pinaทำให้ปวดร้าวacı vermek, üzmek使痛苦завдавати болю; мучитиتکليف ديناlàm bị đau使痛苦

adj pained

showing or expressing pain a pained expression.gekweldeمُتألِّمболезненbolestnýforpintschmerzlichπονεμένοςdolido, afligido, apenadovalulikجریحه دار؛ آزردهkärsiväpeinéפָּגוּעअप्रसन्न, पीड़ित, दुखीbolan,povrijeđenfájdalmaskesakitanraunalegurafflitto, addolorato痛がっている아파하는skausmingas, skausmo, kančiossāpjpilns; sāpju-terseksagepijnigdsåret, forpint, ille berørtbolesnysofredorîndureratстрадальческийbolestnýprizadetbolanplågad, pinadซึ่งเจ็บปวดacılı, üzüntülü, ıstıraplı痛苦的страдницький; ображенийدکھي، بے چينđau đớn痛苦的

adj ˈpainful

causing pain a painful injury.pynlikمُؤْلِمболезненbolestivý, trapnýsmertefuldschmerzhaftοδυνηρόςdolorosovalutavدردناکkivuliasdouloureuxמַכאִיבपीड़ापूर्णbolan,mučanfájdalmasmenyakitkansársaukafullurdoloroso痛い아픈skausmingassāpīgsmenyakitkanpijnlijksmertefull, pinligbolesnydolorosodurerosболезненныйbolestivýbolečbolanplågsam, smärtsamซึ่งก่อให้เกิดความเจ็บปวดacı veren, acıyan使痛苦的нестерпний, боліснийتکليف دہđau đớn使痛苦的

adv ˈpainfully

pynlikبِأَلَمболезненоbolestivěsmertefuldtschmerzhaftοδυνηράdolorosamentevalusaltبطور دردآورkipeästidouloureusementבְּאוֹפֶן מַכאִיבदु:खदायी ढंग से, दु:खद रूप सेbolfájdalmasandengan kesakitansársaukafulltdolorosamente痛ましく괴로운 듯이skausmingaisāpīgimenyakitkanpijnlijksmertefullt, pinligboleśniedolorosamentecu durereболезненноbolestivobolečebolnoplågsamt, smärtsamtอย่างเจ็บปวดacı/ağrı vererek痛苦地болісноتکليف دہ انداز ميںđau đớn痛苦地

adj ˈpainless

without pain painless childbirth.pynloosغَيْر مؤلِم، بدون ألمбезболезненbezbolestnýsmertefrischmerzlosανώδυνοςsin dolor, indolorovalutuبی دردkivutonindoloreללא כְּאֵבदु:खहीन, सुखकर, सुखदायीbezbolanfájdalommentestanpa rasa sakitsársaukalausindolore無痛の무통의beskausmisnesāpīgstdk menyakitkanpijnloossmertefribezbolesnysem dornedurerosбезболезненныйbezbolestnýnebolečbezbolansmärtfriซึ่งไม่เจ็บปวดacısız, ağrısız無痛苦的безболіснийبے درد کاkhông đau无痛苦的

adv ˈpainlessly

pynloosبدون ألمбезболезненоbezbolestněsmertefritschmerzlosανώδυναsin causar dolor, sin complicacionesvalutultبطور بی دردkivuttomastisans douleurבְּלִי כְּאֵבसुखद रूप सेbezbolnofájdalommentesentidak sakitsársaukalaustsenza dolore苦痛なしに고통 없이be skausmonesāpīgi, bez sāpēmdgn tdk menyakitkanpijnloossmertefrittbezboleśniesem dorfără durereбезболезненноbezbolestnenebolečebezbolnosmärtfrittอย่างไม่เจ็บปวดağrı çek(tir)meden無痛苦地безболісноبلا درد کےkhông đau đớn无痛苦地

n ˈpainkiller

a drug etc which lessens or removes pain. pyndoder, pynverligterمُسَكِّن للأوجاعлекарство, което успокоява болкиlék proti bolestismertestillende middelschmerzstillendes Mittelπαυσίπονοanalgésicovaluvaigistiمسکنsärkylääkecalmantמְשַׁכֵּך כְּאֵבִיםपीड़ा नाशकsredstvo za ublažavanje bolovafájdalomcsillapítórasa sakitverkjastillandi lyfantidolorifico鎮痛剤진통제skausmą malšinantis vaistas, analgetikaspretsāpju līdzeklisubat penahan sakitpijnstillend middelsmertestillende middelśrodek uśmierzającyanalgésicocalmantболеутоляющееliek proti bolestisredstvo proti bolečinamtablete protiv bolovasmärtstillande medelยาแก้ปวดağrı kesici止疼藥болезаспокійливий засібدرد کش دواthuốc giảm đau止疼药

adj ˈpainstaking [ˈpeinz-]

going to great trouble and taking great care a painstaking student.deursaam, vlytigمُجِدّ، مُجْتَهِدстарателенsnaživýomhyggeliggewissenhaftφιλόπονοςmeticuloso, esmerado, concienzudopüüdlikکوشا؛ دقیقtunnontarkkaappliquéשָׁקדָנִיसावधानीsavjestan,marljivlelkiismeretessangat tekunvandvirkur; vandvirknislegurdiligente, scrupoloso勤勉な애쓰는uolus, stropus, kruopštuscentīgs; čakls; rūpīgscermat dan telitinauwgezetomhyggelig, nøyestaranny, sumiennyesmeradosârguincios, silitorстарательный, усердныйsnaživýskrbenproblematičanomsorgsfull, noggrannอุตสาหะtitiz, özenli辛勤的старанний, сумліннийمحنتي، جفا کشcần mẫn辛勤的

a pain in the neck

a person who is constantly annoying People who are always complaining are a pain in the neck.'n pyn in die nek/rugشَخْص لا يُطاقдразнещ човекotravadødirriterendedie Nervensägeστενός κορσές, κπ. που αποτελεί διαρκή ενόχλησηpesado, pelmazotüütu tüüpمزاحمriesacasse-piedsנוּדנִיקअप्रसन्नताživa muka, nemoguća jeszálka a szemébenorang yang selalu mengesalkanalgjör plágascocciatore, rompiscatoleうんざりする人눈엣가시, 골칫거리įkyruolis, įgrisėlis, gyva bėdaapnicīgs cilvēks; īgņamenyakitkan hatilastpostprøvelseutrapieniechatopacosteневыносимый человекotravazoprnik, nadlogadosadaen plåga []คนน่ารำคาญcan sıkıcı kimse使人討厭的傢夥надокучлива людинаپريشان کن آدميđồ của nợ使人讨厌的家伙

take pains

to take great trouble and care (to do something) He took great pains to make sure we enjoyed ourselves.doen moeiteيَبْذُل جُهداً كَبيراًминавам през големи проблемиusilovat, snažit segøre sig megen umagesich Mühe gebenκαταβάλλω μεγάλη προσπάθειαponer especial cuidado en, esmerarse, esforzarse en hacer algovaeva nägemaدقت و توجه بسیار کردنnähdä vaivaase donner du mal pourלַעֲשׂוֹת מַאֲמָצִיםपरेशानी ले कर ध्यान रखनाpotruditi seigyekszik, fáradozikbersusah payahvanda sig, leggja sig framdarsi pena, faticare苦心する수고하다dėti pastangas, stengtispūlēties; censtiesdgn cermat dan telitizich veel moeite gevengjøre seg umakdołożyć starańdar-se trabalhoa-şi da oste­nealaприлагать все усилияsnažiť satruditi sepotruditi segöra sig [] besvär, vinnlägga sig om ngtพยายามและระมัดระวังözen göstermek, çırpınmak盡力докладати зусильپريشاني اٹھاناdồn tâm trí vào尽力